Lifestyle Columns
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Too little wonder in this 'Emporium'Nov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" works like a bad horror movie where the filmmakers, striving to achieve a nightmarish quality, don't bother to ground their story in any...
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Energy-saving tax credits have yet to be extended past 2007Nov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Gas and other fuel prices are soaring, but Congress and the Bush administration can't reach a simple agreement to extend a tax-credit program that has saved millions of ...
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Easy repair tips for patching small holes in drywallNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Last week we talked about repairing small holes in drywall such as the type caused by a doorknob hitting the wall. If the hole is bigger, it requires a little more know-...
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Reserve your patch of grass with Ravnia's discount passesNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Taking in a Ravinia concert while enjoying a picnic on the lawn is a tradition dating to the earliest years of the festival. One of the advantages of listening to great ...
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'Beowulf' sexed up, animated and lifelessNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Hold the phone! I thought this was supposed to be Robert Zemeckis' "Beowulf," not Madame Tussauds. The photo-realistic, computer-generated characters in Zemeckis' bold t...
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Be careful what you wish forNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Lifetime's new made-for-TV movie "More of Me" is your by-the-book post-feminist fantasy. There is nothing remotely surprising about its tale, in which a woman divides in...
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Odds to improve your Hold'em hand by the riverNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - First things first. Two weeks ago, this column provided a Hold'em odds chart for taking your hand on the flop and improving it right on the very next card (fourth board ...
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Making your own storm windows is easyNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. I want to make a quick, inexpensive improvement for window efficiency. I thought about making some exterior storm windows myself. They don't have to look great. W...
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'Girl Next Door' a full-throttle horror tale with a messageNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - • I have no idea who would actually want to watch a teenage girl be raped, beaten and tortured to death in a basement. That's the subject of Gregory Wilson's"Jack Ketchu...
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Striking out: Good shows can't get an audienceNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - The season without hits has now become the season without scripts. The fall TV season has failed to produce any breakout hit series. In the most recent Nielsen ratings, ...